BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Royal Lancaster Regiment

7th Battalion

THE KING'S OWN

(Royal Lancaster Regiment)

56th Brigade / 19th (Western) Division

 

1st July : Tara-Usna line.

3rd July : La Boisselle.

4th July : Attack in La Boisselle.

5th July : Tara-Usna line.

6th July : La Boisselle.

7th July : Attack and capture of the German Trench East of La Boisselle.

8th July : Albert.

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19th July : Bazentin-le-Petit Wood.

23rd July : Mametz Wood.

27th July : North of Bernafay Wood.

29th July : In front line North-East of Bazentin-le-Petit.

30th July : Capture of positions in Intermediate Trench.

31st July : Becourt Wood area.

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7th October : Sailly-au-Bois.

11th October : Couin.

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21st October : Near Albert.

22nd October : Stuff Trench.

24th October : Leipzig Redoubt.

27th October : Aveluy.

30th October : Stuff Trench.

1st November : Leipzig Redoubt.

5th November : Western end of Regina Trench.

8th November : Ovillers Post.

11th November : Leipzig Redoubt.

12th November : Schwaben Trench / Bainbridge Trench.

13th November : Attack of St-Pierre-Divion and Hansa Line.

14th November : Hansa Line.

 

149 names

15176    Sergeant

Leo

ARNOLD

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15092    Private

James

ASHWORTH

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27545    Private

Henry

ASKEY

Killed in action on the 31st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19436    Private

William Orlando

BAGLEY

Died of wounds on the 22nd November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Portwood (St Paul) Churchyard

 

11912    Private

William James

BAKER

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

12841    Private

Joseph

BARRETT

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12703    Sergeant

Charles

BELL

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14073    Sergeant

Harold

BERNSTEIN

Died in service on the 31st July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

13835    Private

Arthur

BERRY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12113    Private

John

BLAIR

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

23797    Private

Joseph

BONNIE

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

14047    Private

Daniel

BRADLEY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1970    Private

Edmund

BRENT

Died of wounds on the 16th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

15068    Private

Francis

BROWN

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

12818    Private

George

BRUBACK

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2816    Private

Thomas

BURNS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27422    Private

George

CARR

Killed in action on the 7th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Stump Road Cemetery

 

13889    Private

James Richard

CARTER

Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

15137    Private

James

CAWLEY

Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Henry May

CLUE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17637    Lance Corporal

Thomas

CONLEY

Killed in action on the 7th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Joseph Michael

CONWAY

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14069    Private

John William

COOPER

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27464    Private

Richard Arthur

CORNTHWAITE

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Grandcourt Road Cemetery

 

11856    Private

Isaac Knight

COWARD

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

20554    Private

Andrew

CRAGEN

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13077    Private

Henry

CRAVEN

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4377    Colour Sergeant

Thomas

DIMELOR

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23811    Private

Herbert

DINGSDALE

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17838    Private

John

DOOTSON

Killed in action on the 7th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12930    Corporal

John Felix

DRIESEN

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13862    Private

Thomas W.

DURKIN

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14805    Private

Albert

DWYER

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14179    Lance Corporal

Thomas

EDISBURY

Died in service on the 28th October 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

14011    Private

John William

EVANS

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12496    Private

Henry

EVERETT

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13939    Corporal

Harold

FIELDING

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

12771    Private

Samuel

FITZPATRICK

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15047    Private

William

FITZPATRICK

Killed in action on the 21st July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

15379    Private

Arthur

FRANKLIN

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21576    Private

Thomas

GAMMON

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13106    Private

William

GILLEENEY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12788    Private

Robert

GODWIN

Died of wounds on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

12879    Sergeant

Thomas Henry

GRANT

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27469    Private

James

GREENHALGH

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

3955    Private

Frank

HAIDE

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Henry Borgnis Baret

HAMMOND-CHAMBERS

Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17793    Private

John

HARDMAN

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20516    Lance Corporal

Arthur

HARPER

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16372    Private

John

HARRISON

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Westhoughton Cemetery

 

20943    Private

Richard

HATHERLEY

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18152    Private

William

HAWORTH

Died in service on the 20th July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13150    Lance Corporal

Athol John

HAY

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Meaulte Military Cemetery

 

13971    Private

Ormonde

HELM

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

17297    Private

Silas Harold

HENDERSON

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

14905    Private

Thomas

HEWITSON

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4173    Private

William

HINCHCLIFFE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18150    Private

Joseph

HIND

Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18114    Private

William James

HODGSON

Killed in action on the 17th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18557    Private

Harold

HOGGARTH

Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

13154    Private

Harold

HOUGH

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

18639    Sergeant

George

HOWARD

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22923    Private

Ralph

HOWARTH

Killed in action on the 26th October 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

11257    Lance Corporal

George Edward

HUGHES

Shot at dawn on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

22033    Private

William James

HULLOCK

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12926    Private

William

HURST

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14402    Private

Joseph

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4484    Company Sergeant Major

Edward Stanley

JONES

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12774    Private

John

JOSE

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4262    Private

Michael

JOYCE

Killed in action on the 24th Octobert 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12688    Private

William

KIRKBRIDE

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Henry Rylands

KNOWLES, MC

Royal Army Medical Corps

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

12583    Private

Alexander

KNOX

Killed in action on the 7th November 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18273    Private

John

LACEY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12571    Private

Arthur

LEE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16519    Private

William

LEIGH

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14164    Private

Matthew

LIVESEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

19397    Private

Frank

MALE

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12500    Private

Francis

MARNEY

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14823    Private

Ernest

MASON

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

12966    Private

John

McDONALD

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14946    Private

Thomas

McGUIRE

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18099    Private

Robert

McLAREN

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12772    Private

Michael

McWALTERS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2649    Private

Charles Edward

MILLER

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12639    Private

James

MILLER, VC

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17044    Private

Albert

MONK

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12889    Private

John

MOORES

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20678    Private

Hugh

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14912    Private

Edward

MOSS

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

3571    Private

Albert Victor

MOTH

Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

14921    Private

James

NAYLOR

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14916    Corporal

Ernest

NIXON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

18156    Private

William James

O'HARE

Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

16352    Lance Corporal

Edgar

ORRELL

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

14848    Lance Corporal

James

PALMER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21558    Private

James

PARKER

Killed in action on the 5th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12665    Private

Stephen

PARKINSON

Died of wounds on the 17th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

10613    Private

William

PARTINGTON

Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

27541    Private

Harling Realey

PEARSON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Grandcourt Road Cemetery

 

27548    Private

John William

PEEL

Died of wounds on the 24th October 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

15604    Private

Stephen

PERCY

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13005    Lance Corporal

Frederick William

PUSILL

Killed in action on the 31st October 1916

Rest in peace in Grandcourt Road Cemetery

 

30231    Private

James

RAINFORD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16446    Lance Corporal

Thomas

RENSHAW

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12567    Private

John

RICHARDSON

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10213    Private

John

RICHARDSON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16410    Private

Joseph

RIGBY

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3073    Private

Mark

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12929    Private

John

ROLFE

Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

13127    Private

Elijah

RUDDLE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Norman Edwin

RUTHERFORD

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

13156    Private

Patrick Leo

SCALLEY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4248    Sergeant

John

SEARSON

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12394    Lance Sergeant

Alfred Albert

SEDDON

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13973    Private

Thomas

SEVILLE

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19666    Private

William

SHIELDS

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

13909    Private

Thomas

SHORROCK

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13012    Private

John

SIMPSON

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12797    Private

Reuben

SIVITER

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Barrow-in-Furness Cemetery

 

21372    Lance Corporal

Percy Harold

SMALLEY

Died in service on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12565    Private

Leonard

SMITH

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14974    Private

Sidney

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

20959    Private

Joseph

STABLES

Died of wounds on the 18th November 1916

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

27407    Private

David

STEPHEN

Died in service on the 4th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

3988    Private

Herbert

STRANTHER

Died of wounds on the 3rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

12849    Private

Frank

STUTTARD

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14948    Lance Corporal

Heaton

SWARBRICK

Died of wounds on the 24th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

20285    Private

Osmond

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

21269    Lance Corporal

Robert Charles

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 23rd Octobert 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Grandcourt Road Cemetery

 

12999    Private

Wallace

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15159    Private

Frank

TRAVIS, MM

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18085    Private

Samuel

TRIMBLE

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14023    Private

Robert

WADE

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2274    Private

John

WADSWORTH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12928    Private

Joseph

WALTERS

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Henry Percy

WEBER

Killed in action on the 16th November 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery

 

16353    Private

George Parker

WESTON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12598    Lance Corporal

Isaac

WHALLEY

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

 

21956    Private

James

WHELAN

Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

27471    Private

Harold

WHITEHEAD

Died of wounds on the 19th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

27453    Private

George Henry

WHITESIDE

Killed in action on the 17th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18089    Private

Harold

WIDDOP

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12025    Private

James

WILKINSON

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18144    Private

Nelson

WILLACY

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20029    Private

Henry

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12485    Private

John Nelson

WOLSTENCROFT

Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

12891    Private

James

WORSLEY

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

 

 

14778    Private

Christopher

YOUNG

Killed in action on the 21st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

96

Heilly Station Cemetery

8

Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension

5

Grandcourt Road Cemetery

4

Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

3

Connaught Cemetery

3

Contay British Cemetery

3

Blighty Valley Cemetery

2

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

2

Dartmoor Cemetery

2

Gordon Dump Cemetery

2

St Sever Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery

1

Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

1

Barrow-in-Furness Cemetery

1

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

1

Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

1

Etaples Military Cemetery

1

Etretat Churchyard

1

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

1

Martinsart British Cemetery

1

Meaulte Military Cemetery

1

Portwood (St Paul) Churchyard

1

Puchevillers British Cemetery

1

Serre Road Cemetery n°2

1

Stump Road Cemetery

1

Westhoughton Cemetery

1

MAN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

 

18082    Private

William

KAY

56th Trench Mortar Battery

Died of wounds on the 10th December 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension